[8089] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Kernel v2.2.15pre5 SCSI 2940U2W with AIC7895 boot still
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (M Sweger)
Fri Feb 11 20:26:20 2000
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 06:10:29 -0500 (EST)
From: M Sweger <mikesw@whiterose.net>
To: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>, alan@redhat.com,
linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Doug Ledford wrote:
> M Sweger wrote:
>
> > Ok! So should I just incrase the array buffer size to a power of 2: that
> > is 256! and then I won't get any buffer overruns?
> >
> > Then the aic7xxx driver can handle my drive and those other drives.
>
> No, that's the wrong fix. The drive is doing something perfectly legal and
> the driver is failing. I went and picked up a WD drive today, so I'll see if
> I can reproduce the problem and get it fixed properly.
>
Hopefully, all WD drives act them same, no matter their disk size or
interface type: the SCSI's and IDE's and associated variations.
In this way Linda Law who has a U2 WD can be helped also.
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